exurb

PRONUNCIATION:

(EK-suhrb)

MEANING:

noun:
A residential area outside a city and beyond its suburbs, typically
inhabited by well-to-do families.

ETYMOLOGY:

A blend of ex- + suburb.

USAGE:

"Housing tracts in farm fields aren't the only odd sights showing up in
spreading exurbs like this one north of Columbus."
Dems Send Aid Into Traditionally GOP Exurbs; The Associated Press;
Jun 11, 2008.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

This country will not be a permanently good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a reasonably good place for all of us to live in. -Theodore Roosevelt, 26th US President (1858-1919)